"To continue the exploration and investigation, I need more detailed information and data."
In the office, Xu Chuan hung up the phone with a smile on his face.
His speculation was indeed correct. The Yaochi crater on the far side of the moon did have the same environment as he predicted.
That is, on the impact wall of the Yaochi crater, through preliminary elemental analysis, it was confirmed that there are large amounts of plagioclase and basalt rich in carbon disulfide.
And near the central vent formed by lava accumulation, it was detected that the igneous rock contains a large amount of carbon and sulfur.
A sulfur-rich and carbon-rich environment is indeed just as Zhao Guanggui said, and there may be conditions for supersaturated catalysis.
Now that the general environment has been determined, it is enough for the subsequent research and experiments to follow the path provided by nature.
This may not necessarily solve their problems, but at least it can bring them a very feasible path when carbon-based chip research and development reaches a bottleneck.
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After hanging up the satellite phone call from the Lunar Outpost Research Station base, Xu Chuan's eyes fell on the computer.
Soon, an encrypted email was quickly forwarded from the lunar outpost scientific research station through dedicated satellite and intranet channels.
This is the latest batch of detailed data on the detection of the impact wall of the Yaochi crater and the central vent formed by the accumulation of lava.
Although the exploration and investigation period is relatively short, many detailed data are temporarily unavailable.
However, some important indicators, such as the proportion of carbon disulfide, types of sulfides, and the composition of various bedrocks such as basalt, igneous rock, plagioclase, etc., have been specifically analyzed and detailed data have been obtained.
Download and print out the attachment in the email, and put it together with the simulation data reversed by the supercomputing center.
Picking up the two documents, Xu Chuan compared and referenced the similarities and differences, recorded the details one by one, and then conducted mathematical analysis on them.
This can abstract the inner connection between the neatly arranged carbon nanotubes in the Yaochi crystal and geological changes such as lunar volcanic eruptions and lava extrusion.
Then use mathematical language to "translate" it into a mathematical model with a certain meaning.
Finally, based on the mathematical model and combined with experiments, a physical model that can be used for experiments in engineering technology is created.
This step is somewhat similar to the research and development of bionics technology.
Biomimicry is a method of building technological systems by imitating the principles and functions of biological systems.
For example, imitating the smooth skin of dolphins, using artificial dolphin skin made of rubber and silicone as the shells of ships and torpedoes can greatly reduce navigation resistance.
The "autocorrelation velocimeter" made based on the optokinetic response of the weevil can be used on an aircraft to measure the speed of the aircraft when it lands. This is also an example of the application of bionics technology.
The same goes for Yaochi Crystal Moon Rock. By exploring the reasons for the natural formation of neatly arranged carbon nanotubes, and then artificially conducting experimental replication and optimization, we are looking for technologies more suitable for human needs based on the original ones.
It’s just that most bionics are inspired by organisms, or living objects, and then imitated and studied.
This time, they got inspiration and research ideas from inorganic non-living materials such as rocks.
For bionics technology, although this is not the first time that non-living objects have been imitated, in terms of importance, if a carbon-based chip is really developed, it will definitely be the greatest achievement in the field of bionics.
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"Professor, someone is looking for you."
In the office, Xu Chuan, who was sorting out the experimental data and exploration data on the Yaochi crater on the far side of the moon, heard the voice of his assistant.
"Who?"
Xu Chuan asked, and looked up. When he saw the figure walking in with the assistant, he had a little surprise on his face.
"Why are you here?" He put down the ballpoint pen in his hand with a smile, stood up and asked with a smile.
Following the assistant, Liu Jiaxin smiled and said, "I'm here to report to you about the situation at the Internet company and celebrate your birthday by the way."
As she said that, she lifted the gift box in her hand. From the packaging, it could be seen that it should be a birthday cake inside.
Xu Chuan took a look, shook his head with a smile, and said casually: "What kind of birthday are you celebrating? It happens every year. There is nothing to celebrate."
After a slight pause, he then asked: "Speaking of which, it's almost the end of the year, haven't you gone back yet? Where is Jiaying? Isn't she with you?"
Liu Jiaxin said with a smile: "Her, didn't you prepare her to graduate? She is busy writing her graduation thesis and has no time to go out."
Hearing this, Xu Chuan suddenly remembered Liu Jiaying's undergraduate graduation and said with a smile: "How is the progress?"
Shaking her head, Liu Jiaxin said softly: "I didn't pay attention to her question. She should complete the graduation thesis independently."
"That's right." Xu Chuan nodded with a smile and asked, "When are you going to go back to Sichuan to celebrate the New Year?"
Liu Jiaxin: "We will go back tomorrow. My mother-in-law is still waiting for us at home."
Hearing his mother-in-law, Xu Chuan slapped his head, stood up from the sofa with a smile, walked to the cabinet, and took out a bag of supplements.
"Now, here's this for you. Take it back to your mother-in-law. The old man's body needs some nutrition. This is quite suitable."
Liu Jiaxin shook her head and said softly: "No, I usually buy these things, but my mother-in-law doesn't like them very much, and she basically doesn't eat what she has at home."
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "Old people are like this, but what you bought is different from what I gave you. This is my intention. She will definitely like it."
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After chatting for a while, Liu Jiaxin took out a stack of report documents from the backpack she carried with her, handed them over, and said softly.
"This is the 2024 annual report from the network technology company. The net profit was 372 million. You haven't been there, so I brought it over."
Hearing this number, Xu Chuan glanced at Liu Jiaxin in surprise and asked curiously: "Is this year's situation twice as fast as last year?"
Although the net profit of 372 million is only a small number to him, it is not a small number for an Internet company that specializes in network security, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, big data analysis and other fields.
As far as the current network technology field is concerned, many are losing money.
Most companies have not yet released their 2024 annual reports, but judging from the top ranking domestic software companies in 2023.
Take the well-known companies such as iFlytek, UFIDA, and 360 as examples.
For the whole year of 2023, 16 of the 36 top-ranked Internet companies in China had negative net profits, including the well-known ‘UFIDA Network’ and ‘360’ and so on.
For example, 360's total revenue in 2023 will be 9.055 billion yuan, but its net profit will be -490 million, while UF's total revenue in 2023 will be 9.796 billion, and its net profit will be -967 million.
As for iFlytek, although it is profitable, its net profit accounts for 3% of the annual operating income, which is far lower than the benchmark interest rate for one-year loan business announced by the central bank.
This is because these companies have a large number of other businesses, such as games, advertising, software and hardware, services, etc., so they will not suffer too serious losses.
Judging from these data, it is enough to see how bad the current living environment of network technology companies is.
Of course, the losses of these network technology companies are related to their strategic investments, market competition, long-term development and other aspects.
But what these companies are doing, Chuanhai Network Technology Company is actually doing.
Under this situation, Chuanhai Network Technology Company could still have a net profit of hundreds of millions, which Xu Chuan did not expect.
To be honest, he never thought that Chuanhai Network Technology Co., Ltd. would be profitable.
The main purpose of creating this company was to build a safety protection platform for research institutions such as the Materials Research Institute and Xinghai Research Institute, and to conduct research on some future artificial intelligence AI and intelligent driving.
Not to mention making a profit, it is normal for large subsidies to be given in the early stages.
And on the other hand, he has never managed Chuanhai Network Technology Company.
Unlike the Materials Research Institute, he occasionally goes over to do some research and development, such as lithium-sulfur batteries, superconducting materials, etc. These are huge profit points.
However, the network technology company has been in a state of overwhelm since its establishment, and Liu Jiaxin is taking care of it.
Under such circumstances, it can still develop vigorously. Even if his influence is involved, it is enough to prove the senior sister's ability.
Liu Jiaxin nodded and explained: "In the first half of this year, there was a major breakthrough in 'intelligent driving' technology. In the second half of the year, we signed matching contracts with BYD, Xiaomi and other companies. This year's profit mainly comes from this area.
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"This year's profit is mainly from advance payments. After the launch next year, I estimate that the revenue should reach at least one billion."
"Smart driving?"
Xu Chuan glanced at Liu Jiaxin and asked curiously: "Can you hit the road so soon?"
He knew that the Internet company was researching smart driving. Not only did he know about it, it was also one of the goals he had set from the beginning.
But I didn't expect a breakthrough so soon.
"Um."
Liu Jiaxin nodded and said: "After the problem of factoring the positive integers, I studied the problem of graph isomorphism. Although I did not solve this problem, I made a big breakthrough in the processing of mathematical models of images and three-dimensional space based on it.
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"According to the current classification of smart driving levels, the level of our newly developed smart driving system has reached the L5 standard."
"BYD and Xiaomi are currently testing it. If nothing unexpected happens, these two companies will launch highly intelligent driving vehicles in May next year."
Hearing that Liu Jiaxin was studying the problem of graph isomorphism, Xu Chuan was not surprised. He just quickly asked: "Where is the progress of the problem of graph isomorphism? Is there any manuscript paper? Let me take a look!"
Compared with L5-level intelligent driving, he is more concerned about the research on graph isomorphism.
This is another difficult problem in the P=NP? conjecture that is as famous as the "factorization problem of large positive integers".
That is: given two graphs, ask whether they are isomorphic? This problem is obviously an NP problem, but so far no polynomial-time algorithm has been found, nor has it been proven that it is NPC.
These two issues involve many basic issues in cryptography and complexity theory. If they can be solved, not to mention making some breakthroughs in the field of intelligent driving, even network security keys may have to be updated.